REVIEW Game 6
#1 LSU TENNESSEE
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Oct. 15 | Neyland Stadium | Knoxville, Tenn. | 3:30 p.m. | Attendance: 101,822
Second Half Dooms Vols Against No. 1 LSU KNOXVILLE -- In October 2010, Tennessee came within one play of upsetting LSU in Baton Rouge. In 2011, the outcome was decided long before the final whistle. Top-ranked LSU started slowed but dominated the time of possession -- and the scoreboard -- after halftime to defeat Tennessee 38-7 in front of 101,822 in Neyland Stadium on Saturday. “Not a real complex game there,” UT head coach Derek Dooley said. “They pounded us. I don’t know any other way to say it.” That was certainly the case after halftime, when LSU limited the Vols to just three offensive possessions and controlled the clock on its way to 21 unanswered points. The Tigers began the third quarter with a 12-play drive that lasted seven minutes and eight seconds. Spencer Ware capped the drive with a 1-yard touchdown. Unfortunately for the Vols, it was a nasty bit of foreshadowing. Tennessee’s next possession, its longest of the second half, lasted 5:07 but stalled after reaching the LSU 30. Anthony Anderson downed Matt Darr’s punt at the 1-yard line. Ninety-nine yards and 8:55 later, quarterback Jordan Jefferson scored from 3 yards out to give LSU a commanding 31-7 lead. Tennessee started the day feeling pretty good about where it stood. The Vols held LSU in check during the first quarter -- the first time in 31 quarters it was held scoreless -- until the Tigers unleashed an 89-yard salvo. After hitting Rajion Neal for a 38-yard gain to the LSU 42 with the game tied 0-0, quarterback Matt Simms took another shot down the field that Morris Claiborne snagged at the LSU 6-yard line. Simms, starting his first game since last October, slowed down Claiborne, who was eventually tackled at the Vols’ 5-yard line by Zach Rogers. Two plays later, the Tigers took a 7-0 lead on a 5-yard pass from Jarrett Lee to Reuben Randle. The Vols, taking over at their 10-yard line, went three-and-out on their next series, and LSU countered with a seven-play, 36-yard touchdown drive. Simms threw his second interception on the Vols’ next possession, but the defense, as it did for much of the first half, came up with a big stop. Simms, who finished 6-of-20 passing for 128 yards and two interceptions, accepted much of the blame for Tennessee’s struggles on offense.
TEAM STATISTICS
INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS
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SCORING SUMMARY
Team LS LS UT LS LS LS LS
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Qtr 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th 4th
Time 14:56 10:01 02:24 00:15 07:53 08:55 01:35
Scoring Play Randle 5 yd pass from Lee Ware 13 yd pass from Lee Poole, T. 2 yd run Drew Alleman 18 yd FG Spencer Ware 1 yd run Jo. Jefferson 3 yd run Shepard 14 yd pass from Lee
LSU UT 24 11 237 111 49 29 4.8 3.8 2 1 146 128 14-20-0 6-20-2 7.3 6.4 10.4 21.3 3 0 383 239 69 49 5.6 4.9 0-0 0-0 8-61 6-68 4-180 5-189 45.0 37.8 35.0 31.4 7-471 2-140 67.3 70.0 42.3 36.0 2 0 3-32-0 0-0-0 10.7 0.0 2-68-0 5-135-0 34.0 27.0 2-99-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 38:19 21:41 8:18 6:42 8:02 6:58 9:46 5:14 12:13 2:47 6 of 12 4 of 10 1 of 1 0 of 1 6-6 1-1 5-6 1-1 1-6 0-1 0-0 1-3 5-5 1-1 1-1 0-0
FIRST DOWNS NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns NET YARDS PASSING Completions-Attempts-Int Average Per Attempt Average Per Completion Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Average Gain Per Play Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS Average Yards Per Punt Net Yards Per Punt KICKOFFS-YARDS Average Yards Per Kickoff Net Yards Per Kickoff Touchbacks Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD Average Per Return Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD Average Per Return Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Touchdowns Field goals Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals
Conversion Drew Alleman kick Drew Alleman kick Palardy, M. kick
Plays 2-5 7-36 10-80 6-65 Drew Alleman kick 12-66 Drew Alleman kick 16-99 Drew Alleman kick 10-65
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TENNESSEE
Rushing Poole Lane Totals
Att 19 6 29
Passing Simms
C-A-I 6-20-2
Receiving D. Rogers Neal Young Totals
LSU
Rushing Ware Jefferson Totals
TOP LSU-UT Passing 0:13 7-0 Lee 4:06 14-0 4:30 14-7 Receiving 2:01 17-7 Randle 7:01 24-7 Beckham 8:44 31-7 Peterson 6:08 38-7 Totals
Att 23 14 49 C-A-I 13-17-0
Yds 70 43 111
TD 1 0 1
Long 22 18 22
Yds 128
TD 0
No. 3 1 1 6
Yds 63 38 21 128
Yds 80 73 237 Yds 138 No. 5 4 2 14
TD 1 1 2
Avg. 3.7 7.2 3.8
Long Sack 44 0 TD Long 0 44 0 38 0 21 0 44
Long 16 18 18
TD 3 Yds 86 24 8 146
Avg. 3.5 5.2 4.8
Long Sack 45 0 TD Long 1 45 0 8 0 7 3 45